SSC & Intermediate (TOSS) 2017-18 Admissions fee due dates with out fine from 17.08.2017 to 04.09.2017 and With fine from 05.09.2017 to 14.09.2017

Telangana Open School Society (TOSS) released admission notification for the academic year 2017-18 admission into SSC and INTERMEDIATE. The detailed schedule is as follows:

A learner, seeking admission for Telangana Open School courses during 2017-18, can appear first time only in April/May 2018 Public Examination. The Pass Outs of SSC March/May 2017 seeking admission into Intermediate are eligible to write only 1-4 Exams in April/May 2018 Public Examinations.

Features and Flexibilities

Age Limit: There is no upper age limit for, However, the minimum age for enrollment for Secondary Course (SSC) is 14 years completed as on 31st August of the year of admission.

For Intermediate it is 15 years completed as on 31st August of the year of

Choice in Medium of Instruction: SSC course is offered in Telugu, Urdu, English, Hindi and Oriya Intermediate course in Telugu, Urdu, English and Hindi media.

Choice of Subjects: You can choose any subject combination from the Group lists of subjects offered as per the criteria are given in the Scheme of Studies at Table-I of Section 1.3 and 1.1 (a) and (b).

English subject in Group-A is mandatory for Intermediate course.

If you wish to use SSC certificate for higher studies, it is in your own interest that you keep in mind the requirements of the Board you wish to join after passing Secondary Course. For example, the Board of Intermediate Education requires specific subject combination for admission to the Junior Colleges affiliated to it i.e., one Indian Language, English, Mathematics, General Science and Social Studies. In such a case you are required to choose the subjects of study accordingly.

For joining in Intermediate (Science subject combination) of Telangana Open School also one should have studied the above subjects at SSC level.

Additional Subjects: If you wish, you can also select one additional subject (sixth) either at the time of admission or during the five period of

Combination of Academic and Vocational Courses: In order to make the course more meaningful, a number of Vocational subjects are also offered in combination with academic subjects at SSC/ Intermediate level (Refer Table 1 (a)).

Continuous Assessment: During your course of study, you can know your progress through Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs: Total 3 per subject). Submission of all TMAs in each subject is compulsory, otherwise, you may not be permitted for the Public Examination and/or your result may be declared as “INCOMPLETE”.

Flexible Scheme of Examination: Public Examinations are held twice in a Nine examination chances are offered for a learner in five years. You have to appear for your first examination only after completion of the first academic year of your admission. Thereafter, you are permitted to appear in every half year public examination during your remaining four year registration period. Normally, public examinations in a year will be held in April / May and October / November. Learners admitted to Intermediate course must ensure that for the purpose of obtaining a certificate in Intermediate course, a two year gap is essential from the year of passing the SSC examination.

Credit Accumulation: You can choose to appear in anyone or more subjects in any examination and earn credits which will be accumulated till all five subjects required for certification are successfully completed within the period of 5 years of

Transfer of Credit: You can avail the facility of Transfer of Credit (TOC) to a maximum of two subjects passed from other Boards of Secondary Education/ Board of Intermediate Education, recognized by COBSE, provided those subjects are also available in Open School scheme of TOC is permitted as per the conditions given in section 2.4.

Validity of Admission: Your admission is valid for five years from the date of Registration. For Public Examination at SSC / Intermediate level you may take nine or less than nine chances to successfully complete the course during this

SSC/Intermediate Certificate Holders of other Boards should not enroll once again for SSC/Intermediate of Telangana Open School

Persons who have already passed SSC/Intermediate from any other Board of Secondary Education/Intermediate Education of Telangana or from other states should not enroll for SSC/Intermediate Course of Telangana Open School for any reason. On the contrary, if any one enrolls and passes SSC/Intermediate from Open School suppressing the information that they have already passed SSC/Intermediate from other Board, their SSC/Intermediate pass certificates will be canceled.

Guidelines to learners who want to study Higher Course :

Eligibility criteria for Admission into Engineering Courses – a pass in Intermediate course with Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English as the

Eligibility criteria for Medical, Agriculture and Veterinary courses – a pass in Intermediate course with Biology, Physics and Chemistry, English

Eligibility criteria for Admission into A./B.Com/B.B.M/B.Sc./B.Sc. (Home Science) Courses- As per existing norms, the qualifying examination for admission to any of the various degree courses is pass in Intermediate Public Examination held by any recognized Boards of Intermediate Education / Sr. Secondary or its equivalent examination.

Eligibility Criteria for Ed (Diploma in Education) a Pass in Intermediate course with 45% Marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC/ST).